thebigfelly

all in all it was a good day out , and for the sake of 2 hours driving from edinburgh to get there mostly at a normal pace , i couldnt fault the scoob /roads and just how much a change of scenery it was on the route i took . there probably is better and more scenic ways to get ther ebut i just chucked it in the sat nav for the quickest route . = 2 hours driving to get there, 3/4 a tank of petrol there and back and an enjoyable time had by me and the misus . heres a cpl more snaps i had on the way there and up there . outside the hotel up there some randoms and for those of you down south who like the look of these shots and the scenery and roads, im guesing the roads i took in are only half as good as the highliand fling and the fling is so much better going by what ive saw , so get your names down and come explore some of the best roads and scenery this land has to offer , and youl love it even more covering it in the scoob!!!

Just thought id do a wee write up and post some pics of the day out me and the misus took out to glen coe . We are both on a weeks holiday from work and havent done too much on our week off, done some house stuff and had a few meals out and trips to the pics etc , but i just wanted to get out of edinburgh. so i dunno where i had seen or heard of this place but i ended up googling the kings house hotel and saw it was up near glen coe . I grab the wife and chuck £70 of v-power in the scoob and follow the sat nav . the rout eit takes me is along the bypass M9, out towards stirling ,onto the A84 up past DOUNE,up towards CALLANDER,keep going up towards LOCH EARN, onto A85 followed that along to CRAINLARICH,then joining onto the A82 all teh way up to glen coe. well the kings house hotel just before glen coe , but its in the middle of all the mountains. the total journey time was 2hrs 22mins . Once you get off the bypass and past DOUNE , the scenery is just amazing , the roads arent too bad and for a saturday morning/afternoon (we left at 11am) couple bits were busy and i only encountered 2 caravans on the whole day. the worst was just coming out of DOUNE and tehre was no chances to overtake but i ended up in a mini convoy with a caravan at the front , then a big gap then a toyota pryuss then another 3 cars behind it then me . after what seemed like 25 mins of driving at 30-40mph on a 60 there was finaly a chance to unleash the power of the scoob. i drop down into 3rd watch the revs rise just above 3000k put the foot to the floor and watch light speed hit as the turbo kicks in. pull out i over take all 3 cars infront of me , drop it back to fourth still seeing the speedo rise and the other cars become a distant memory i see the bend/corner infront about 400 yards away and its just me and the pryus and caravan . the gap was to big between the pryus and caravan for me to safely pass them both before the bend , so i take down the enviro rubbish and pull into that gap between it and the caravan. now its just me and the caravan , though i think seeing me in the mirror made this guy forget he had the caravan attached to the back of the car because he then speeded up and was driving on both sides of the road and cutting the corners , i wasnt driving up his back side and was keeping plenty of space but even the wife added that the guy was driving unsafe with the caravan . next availible oppertunity he was taken down and passed!! now all that was left was me, 100+ miles of open twisty tarmac with some of the best scenery and 200+bhp at my feet to conquer it all with. coming out of all the little towns and villages from CRAINLARICH and TYNDRUM. there is no other wee villages left just lots of long straights and nice twistys to test give you a mix of high speed or short nimble turns . if you can click these linkys and see this fantastic bit of road from the air and the long sweeping left bend before you come to stop above LOCH TULLA where the veiw was just great ,camera doesnt do it justice .first pic is a vid in the parking area if you click the pic to play the video http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A82&daddr=Glen+Coe,+Ballachulish,+Highland+PH49,+UK&hl=en&ll=56.558158,-4.747467&spn=0.054206,0.169086&sll=56.580477,-4.822311&sspn=0.108348,0.338173&geocode=FZb0XgMdaom3_w%3BFUizYAMdME-z_ym_k-e4WDCJSDEcILTAFhLANA&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=12&z=13 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A82&daddr=Glen+Coe,+Ballachulish,+Highland+PH49,+UK&hl=en&ll=56.56809,-4.752274&spn=0.000189,0.169086&sll=56.551157,-4.744034&sspn=0.054216,0.169086&geocode=FWrpXgMdmYG3_w%3BFUizYAMdME-z_ym_k-e4WDCJSDEcILTAFhLANA&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=13&z=13&layer=c&cbll=56.568031,-4.752874&panoid=kLOoNkdxmOzJVp9IFgWjWQ&cbp=12,185.6,,0,11.33 eventualy you arrive at the KINGS HOUSE HOTEL, nice fresh crisp clean air and sights are great and your greeted by a group/herd of deer .. heres a wee vid of in the first one if you click it it will play , food in the place was good, parking was good too ,lots of space. they take switch which was a bonus because we forgot to take cash out . we had starters , cpl pints of juice and a main meal came to about £22 in total . soup was nice, the misus had vegi haggis which she thought was bland and i had scampi and chips which wasnt too shaby. the hotel and facilitys are mainly for guests but theres also he walk in bar where you get the food, staff were helpful and cheery and made you feel welcome. cost wise you were talking £3 -£4 for starters and main meals were roughly £8 they had a no bad selection and kids menu aswel . service was quick too. think id quite like to enjoy a night or two there and explore round about too which i spoke to the misus about. and the veiw out the window while your eating is great.

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saw this vid of this bugeye with winter wheels. dont think youl get any better grip than this

browsing scoobynet and saw this post , though i thought we had a facebook page and were international. http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/956515-international-subaru-group-please-join-on-fb.html saying that he does state theres no club like that in ENGLISH.. so maybe its because alot of us talk scottish???

Wisnae me.. hope whoever is ok tho

hALFORDS FOR ALLOYS !!!! haha just kiddin. good that scoobywho got.it fixed for you!

Shame to see it go but congrats on the new motor.. wheres the pics? you know the rules cmon!!

+1 for baz and mcgowan and son

Lovn the apoiler and white alloys on black motor looks sweet mate

XXXX XXX FIAT UNO ??? nah good luck with the sale and hope WL goes to a good home and someone who appreciates it

Good post eddie.. read over a month or so ago a pist on SSdot-net about someone getin the call from their insurance didnt keep track of the post though and good that you found the culprit. nowt undeclared for me so im gd. nice of you to pass the info on ! top job lad !

where and when is it?

there was talk of doing something like this amongst some of teh scottish members im sure

would hope they paid out by now as post is 2 year old still sickening to see this tho and would be gutted to have this happen. never saw this as i joined after in that year

very good pics, seems like alot fo those motors were at wheels and wings show , even saw the yellow AA bike there lol

hey welcome to the forum, any plans for your motor or keeping standard? p.s hurry wi the pics we like pics,....noo we love pics lol !!!!!!!! keep an eye out for events in your section, be active and get stuck into the forum , enjoy looking around

just shout to say thanks to baz for the work last week and work this week , quick sharp and effective scoobs running smoothly again . and just a couple we parts to try to get . anywya big thanks sir . appreciated

haha , never tell ya off, , its just automatic with me , even give customers abuse for saying when you cooking more stuff and i get them told hahah

being nit picky ..... cook off = chefs bake off = bakers :-P :-P :-P :-P got that drummed into me as an apprentice that bakers bake .chefs cook... after i kept saying what we cooking next haha

Neway a bit of topic .hahah welcome to paul and mattys sidc baking corner folks haha youve heard of the hairy biker . now welcome to the flat four cake bakes

Aye we do the foccacias. bitbof a pain and dont realy sell. .we do the rosemerry and rock salt or olive ones. first thing we do because the proving time is a good couple of hours . once its to the righr size we just use olive oil over the top of it then put holes in with all ten fingers add the rocksalt and rosemerry ontop then stick back in for another 30mins- 1hour to raise it up again as poking the holes in it with our fingers knocks the dough back so need to prove it up again. then in oven for 20mins roughly at 190'c. Bit of a pain .not as bad as artisan bread as the mixture for that is not far off a thick cake mix.. need to use alot of flour with that . very soft and runny and again another double proving mixture and have to work quick but softly with it so u dont knock all the air our of it. sour doughs a two day bad boy aswel. get it mixed leave the dough over night and then remix and bake the next day ..

Hahah matty packet mixes...... its no tescos i work in lad .... stuff doesnt turn up frozen in a box or ready made and we just add water or defrost it... all scratch by hand 16kilo doughs .. weigh outmeasuring all ingreidents.. unless we just kamakazi and roughly gues .have to make 460rolls in 25mins thats a rough guideline out of a 16kilo mix. cut by hand .mould by hand tray up by hand . same with all cream crap gateaus sponges .cakes doughnuts pancakes hotplate crap.. by hand son ;-) I was a baker before morrisons and wldnt even call some morrisons bakers actual bakers as they only do a 6week college course learning basic stuff .. yet when i done my trainin was nearly 5year apprenticeship.. the industry and training now is a joke and lots of big places seem to be going down the premix or ready made frozen route and geting round the advertising route of saying "FRESHLY BAKED IN STORE" when yeah it comes in frozen and freshly baked for 10mins... not freshly made from scratch then baked .. all part the reason im trying to get out of the industry after 13years. ive had new so called 6week bakers that dont even know how to make a croissant from scratch or something as simple as aberdeen butterys... and this is where the industry is heading its a joke like.. rant over haha never tried cornish pasties tho or any pies . Not allowed to do that stuff . always fancied doing pies etc givin them a try especialy after watching the baker brothers programme on channel 4earlier this year . stuff looked Good. think i might go home and do some banna+bounty flavoured muffins when i finish the day .. would do cupcakes but dont have the deep tins in the house for them. Btw matty hope you ken i wasnt havin a dig at you just tryin to wind you up squire bit of banter . Ive seen the pics of ur stuff you do tho never had a chance of sampling and know the effort and time it takes to make the stuff aswel as personal cost incurred for ingredients.. prices keep going up and up which doesnt help.wee suggestion could be tryng.to buy bulk from somewhere like costco helps keep costs down . If i did offend you il happily take some HUMBLE PIE if you fancy making it :-P. joking aside im sure the folks appreciate the effort on your part for the items you produce

I spend about 40 notes on baking a batch of 50 muffins for our SW crew - that's not including the 8 hours of prep and baking... 8 hours work and only 50 muffins matty....... Atleast i know my jobs safe haha wouldnt get a job in my bakery :-P

lol hope everyone got there and back safe ,and the lad had a great day